OSHA Inspection: INDUSTRIAL REFRACTORY CONSULTANTS, INC.

Issued

Jun 25, 2013

Abate by

Jul 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use:  Employees were required to wear North 76008A full face respirators to protect against silica while tearing out refractory material in machine # 29M447.  The employer did not maintain a written respiratory protection program.

Issued

Jun 25, 2013

Abate by

Jul 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:  Employees were required to wear North 76008A full face respirators to protect against silica while tearing out refractory material in Machine #29M447.  The employer did not provide employees with medical evaluations before requiring employees to wear the respirators.

Issued

Jun 25, 2013

Abate by

Jul 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using tight-fitting facepiece respirators were not fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator:  Employees were required to wear North 76008A full face respirators to protect against silica while tearing out refractory material in Machine #29M447.  The employer did not fit test employees with their respirators prior to initial use of the respirators.

Issued

Jun 25, 2013

Abate by

Jul 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:  Employees were found working within the heat treat machine # 29M447 which has electrical, hydraulic, atmospheric, heat, and gravitational hazards in relation to electrical control systems, hydraulic rams, heat treat gases, combustion sources, and heat treat doors.  The employer did not establish an energy control program to protect employees against any potential hazards.

Issued

Jun 25, 2013

Abate by

Jul 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section  Employees were found working within the heat treat machine # 29M447 which has electrical, hydraulic, atmospheric, heat, and gravitational hazards in relation to electrical control systems, hydraulic rams, heat treat gases, combustion sources, and heat treat doors.  The employer had not developed, documented and utilized any procedures to control these potentially hazardous energies.

Issued

Jun 25, 2013

Abate by

Jul 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i): The employer did not provide adequate training to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control program was understood by employees:  Employees were found working within the heat treat machine # 29M447 which has electrical, hydraulic, atmospheric, heat, and gravitational hazards in relation to electrical control systems, hydraulic rams, heat treat gases, combustion sources, and heat treat doors.  The employer did not provide employees with adequate training to ensure that the employees understood the purpose and function of the energy control program.

Issued

Jun 25, 2013

Abate by

Jul 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(f)(2)(i): When outside servicing personnel were engaged in activities in a facility, the onsite employer and the outside employer did not inform each other of their respective lockout or tagout procedures:  Employees were found working within the heat treat machine # 29M447 which has electrical, hydraulic, atmospheric, heat, and gravitational hazards in relation to electrical control systems, hydraulic rams, heat treat gases, combustion sources, and heat treat doors.  Industrial Refractory Consultants, Inc. had not informed Caterpillar, Inc. and Kroeschell Operations, Inc. of their respective lockout procedures.

Issued

Jun 25, 2013

Abate by

Jul 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(f)(3)(ii)(D): Each authorized employee did not affix a personal lockout or tagout device to the group lockout device before working on the machine or equipment:  Employees were found working within the heat treat machine # 29M447 which has electrical, hydraulic, atmospheric, heat, and gravitational hazards in relation to electrical control systems, hydraulic rams, heat treat gases, combustion sources, and heat treat doors.  None of the employees had attached any personal lockout devices to control these engergies prior to conducting furnace relining operations.

Issued

Jun 25, 2013

Abate by

Jul 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program included the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii):  Employees were required to tear out refractory material containing hazardous crystalline silica in Machine # 29M447.  The employer had not developed and implemented a written hazard communication program.

Issued

Jun 25, 2013

Abate by

Jul 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:  Employees were required to tear out refractory material containing hazardous crystalline silica in Machine # 29M447.  The employer did not provide each employee with effective information and training on the hazards of silica.